The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-24

One Man Killed and Fourteen Wounded
The Spreading and Breaking
of Rails the Causes OF
WRECKS.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec ol--ln the heart
of the great pine forest between FidCld and
Phillips, on the Wisconsin Central road, the
passenger train that LETT Ashland at 7a0
o'clock last evening was wrecked about mid
night by a broken rail. Two fatalities and
the injury of s,orc oi passengers rsulIcd.
When the broken rail was encountered,
il threw the sleeping ear and iirt
and scCondClass coaches from the
track, the baggage car aud engine re
naming on the road bed Tho ears
were filled with passengers aud hut few cs.
capcd without injuries more or less serious.
There were sixty passengers aboard. NJ.
Monte, Of Buttcmut. Wis, attempted to
get out Of q window, when he fell, and was
caught under the wheels and crushed
20 jelly. Jim Greenfield, who was passing
through the train, was caught In the falling
debris and held between two timhcrs Ills
injuries are internal aud broken lcr, and
will probably prove fatal Thomas Mooney,
Of Ashland, was terribly bruised, hut will
recover Thomas Schneider OF Ashland
has irighful cash In his head, and Is badly
scratched. Mr. Clemens, wife aud thrc
children Of Duluth, are all badly bruised
Mr.. Mahoucy, Of Ashland, received severe
cuts. Mrs Sullivan, wife oi Conductor Sui
liyan, received serious injuries ON her head
and her scalp was laid open.
Her little baby was thought To have been
killed, but was found under bundle ~ bed
ding In the sleeper The hcrhs were ilmmcd
into a heap. The little one was unframed.
W. Il. Baker, of Bancroft, had three fingers
ampututcd. John NJ Dillingham;. II Ash.
land was slightly hurt Among Others in
| jurcd Wcrr Mr. OtuuuDll, uf Chippewa
! Falls, aud half dozen whose names were
not asccrtgincd The train was travelling ut
| a high rate uf speed, aud the ylr ran into
| the woods and Wcrc piled in heap A mcs
sIgc was sent a. Ashland NJ o.,lorl thi.
morning aud o rlirf train was 40 once di.
| patched tu the scene.
| NtrnuEe Nc'idcut.
Cmc,oo, lll, dee. - Probably the worst
shake upoycr Ei,cnu train load Of Ia..unr,r
without hllinga single person Outright o,
| currcd to the lGO people coming tp ,mclr,
in the rrgular seven coaches uu ihc Mime
sota a Northwestern mad this morning
! Forty passonrcrs were injured. tive ~ them
seriously and two, perhaps, fatally Though
not single one Of the seven ,ui,hoy bat
what had both ends smut he'd iu, and 80 were
| pitched on the track. some boiur hurled
: over on their sides. there WIS 90 puuilaru
/ ton. This Is made the more .tuur, by lh.
/ fact that nll the coifhrs were hllrl with th,
old fashioned stove iu ~, ,lrpcr Another
| remarkable feature is that The affair hap.
pcncd just after thr train had r.,la long
bridge ten feet hirh. 1hcacoid,nt occurring
| q moment sooner would have mIdu q ,liiHt.
| rophc ~ fearful fatality
The "details Hrc best given Boo The words pi
/ one ~ The pI,rurrr Nj John bINII.Yu, a
well known resident ul ~i iuul Who arrived
here this evening from ihr Vrrrk
1T WIS merry ,ruVd uu hulrl said hc
'Sumu ~ them were rN,uriuui.ts lh,r
/ were seven ears ir-i the utuFp. then thu
irst.rluss passTur.r. the srUYuL ,iH.a ti..Hu.
| oludiur one Mann huuiuir IN ihc I,I tsr.
fpus va, holiday excursion party ui Hiiy.
| mainly from WiuuiUHF The other ut.aUu.
| vyrs were nearly 900 lrim Dakota. iWus lust
| telling story 10 wa never shUi=Nh,u
! ihcrr umo O. sudden, fearful ipli and tIru q
Wild sUayng aud plmsIug forward
/ uf thc ear Something struck mc urIus
/ the thigh. ur I wug thrown urlusi H.
/ duyiuV mr lur % moment People urru lr.
/ iuT tumllci iu 'N,n direction, fhri,h.uf
/ and VruiuIuH while ihu horrible ioltur
| seemed uuuui,uF. uud the ,mU,hIns ul
| CrrlkiuT Ul ihr Dr iimNrT Wpr" tpIlIu. chat
| every minute might hU Uur luHt lAIHu. ihr
/ train 1mc too siup Che pa#puHrr we're
! fgnWhliuU huItrr HkrII,r over tIIil other 90
| get out When frl,b'l tbo HIr Wis bruised
| aud sprD 90 over Hud scarcely lh.r iu afluI.
| owing tu thu ITIu uIUHH my thighs Hut I
| noticed thIi nothing uf thr tuiu wa. 900 thr
/ track but thU engine. We bad h,uu Fuiu'
/ about twenty 1--we miles Irr hour. anil
| tho triiu hli plunged urm.f ihr iIr. from
/ IN tH 2u feet uu, coach lrft ifH trucks utt
l the track 1ul bal lid uu iH bottom away
out iu corn l'Id pluWiug up tbD ground iu
| r. depth oi tvo uf three feet Tho dirt Rua
/ over everything n would have been luli
/ crlus, " it h1iurbrrn pitIiul a. srr thr
! blood stains through tir mifu and hear the
/ muHua ui those Who were hurt Broken
gl1ss bad done the most painful work
Nearly everybody could Trt around them.
| solves, though cut and bruised aud bu.
| fmlrrhcd
"1hc ladies were huliiri into thr hYul1 Ir
car aud made Ha comfortable w pusHIHip.
[ while waiting fur surgeons from fprpUu.
| Three gentlemen were found iu hr llid up
I with very severe hurts. md fNp ladies had
| been carried intp farmhouse in ln aplar.
| entity dying condition. ono was NiH iiuur.
| ~ Dubuque Ter injuries vrr iu tho hip
| and hHok We wrr 80 tup clad Ia have ~.
olred ~ care much about how the accident
I occurred u wa Hs|rfii.urd tHui BE- Wo due
| ~ tho spreading ul thy u.la'
Ihe Real 'Husc.
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